Sunday’s NRL 2018 Round 9 match is between Sydney Roosters and Manly Sea Eagles. The opening kick is set to commence at 16:10 local time with the game to be played at Allianz Stadium, Sydney. The home team Sydney Roosters are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Sydney Roosters and Manly Sea Eagles.
When: 16:10 | Sunday 06/05/2018
Where: Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Preview:
KEY BATTLE: James Tedesco v Tom Trobjevic
Odds:
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Tip: Sydney Roosters at $1.28
Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Latrell Mitchell at $9.00
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Teams:
Sydney Roosters:
1 James Tedesco, 2 Joseph Manu, 3 Latrell Mitchell, 4 Mitchell Aubusson, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Zane Tetevano, 9 Jake Friend (c), 10 Dylan Napa, 11 Boyd Cordner (c), 12 Ryan Matterson, 13 Isaac Liu Interchange: 14 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 15 Sio Siua Taukeiiaho, 16 Nat Butcher, 17 Victor Radley Reserves: 18 Sitili Tupouniua, 19 Kurt Baptiste, 20 Reece Robinson, 21 Frank-Paul Nuuausala.
Manly Sea Eagles: 
1 Tom Trbojevic, 2 Matthew Wright, 3 Moses Suli, 4 Brian Kelly, 5 Akuila Uate, 6 Dylan Walker, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans (c), 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 9 Apisai Koroisau, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Joel Thompson, 12 Shaun Lane, 13 Jake Trbojevic Interchange: 14 Lewis Brown, 15 Frank Winterstein, 16 Lloyd Perrett, 17 Taniela Paseka Reserves: 18 Tom Wright, 19 Jackson Hastings, 20 Tevita Funa, 21 Toafofoa Sipley.
NRL News:
Sydney Roosters co-captain Boyd Cordner has stood by his team’s decision to take kick a penalty while trailing early in their Anzac Day loss to St George Illawarra.
The Roosters had the best part of six sets on the Dragons’ line between the 14th and 22nd minute on Wednesday while trailing 6-0, before they ultimately made the decision to to take the two points after three consecutive penalties.
The decision to take the shot at goal came from coach Trent Robinson, and resulted in Dragons players fist pumping and celebrating having survived the attack without conceding a try.
But Cordner said the decision remained the right one.
“Sometimes when you’re down on their line and plays aren’t going well and you’re not executing and getting the tackle breaks or tries it is good to take the two points and reassess,” Cordner said.
“I thought our yardage sets were going well for us.”
Robinson also defended the call, after the Roosters finished the game with 34 tackles in the Dragons’ red-zone for just one try.
“I just thought they were getting stuck on the line there and it was a good option to take the two and get back into our yardage sets,” Robinson said.
“I thought we were pretty dominant for most of that first half in the end. I thought the teams were going toe to toe there.
“There weren’t many opportunities today in that area. It would have been better to execute there. It’s a working progress.”
Privately, coaches are beginning to think it’s easier to take shots at goal to work back into matches and attempt to stop the constant flow of penalties close to the line, which are often aimed at stifling the attack.
The Dragons fell into the same problem in Auckland last week, where they were awarded 10 first-half penalties but struggled to find momentum amongst the stoppages in their only loss of the year.
Regardless but, Dragons coach Paul McGregor admitted his team grew in confidence out of the decision while second-rower Tariq Sims took it as a win.
“When you’re out there just tackling and repeatedly getting smashed on the line and then to turn them away and turn them away and for them to turn around and take the two was a huge win mentally for us,” Sims said.
